police
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"The police cordon is still in place on the Cullybackey Road," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
"The more information the police can get out the better, because there is a community in shock," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Anita Woolnough was setting off for an early morning dog walk at 05:25 on Sunday when she first spotted police activity.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Yes Scotland, the group which campaigned for independence in the 2014 referendum, says it has handed over its full accounts to the police after a complaint was made about its finances.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Another moving man came up the stairs, looked, laughed, and then got down on his hands and knees with the police rescue vehicle.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
A Spotify spokeswoman said the company polices spam aggressively and has been removing content related to this attack for more than a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
“Right now is the moment to do a lot of the movement work, a lot of the policymaking, because those polices are going to last far beyond Trump,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
“Not all term polices have conversion features,” Harrison said.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 13, 2026
It polices remedies and the finality of convictions, not the enforceability of unconstitutional laws going forward.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2026
The society now protects and polices about one hundred of these refuges, which, of course, are worthless unless thus protected.
From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Roosevelt, Theodore
"I feel like a stranger," she said of her recent experience of her home city, echoing several women who told AFP the fear of being policed made them stay home.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
And as the pit-lane speed limit is policed by the time taken to pass through a series of timing loops over a specific distance, that meant the drivers were wrongly penalised.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
At first, the Supreme Court policed these discriminatory plans under the 14th and 15th amendments.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2026
Herzog's tightly policed four day visit to Australia this week was meant to offer consolation to the country's Jewish community following December's mass shooting on Bondi beach that killed 15 people.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
They corrected each others work and policed their ranks like soldiers against tardiness, sloppy appearance, and the perception of loose morals.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
The head of UK counter-terrorism policing, Laurence Taylor, said in a statement that "we are pursuing multiple lines of enquiry to establish the motivation for this attack".
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
The Digital Services Act focuses on companies’ policies and risk-mitigation measures, rather than on policing individual posts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The arrest sparked a mixture of reaction from politicians and public figures and created a debate around policing and free speech.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
At the same time, Aronowitz is also pulling back on policing plans’ investment choices.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
In a brilliant bit of policing, the investigation had successfully established what everyone already knew.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
